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From Key Highway to Key West, Lemle bikes for cancer awareness
It's more than 1,300 miles from Key Highway in Baltimore to Key West, Fla. — a car drive lasting a couple days or a flight lasting a few hours. Or, in the case of Howard County Education Association President Paul Lemle, an eight-day bike ride....
Tags: Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Key West, Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Tylenol (drug), Howard County
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For Hopkins researcher, battling MS is personal
Anna Whetstone, 23, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 17. She was a high school junior in Hershey, Pa., playing on her school's field hockey team when she got hit in the head with a ball. "I was feeling fine at the time," she said,...
Tags: Moravian College, Multiple Sclerosis, Diseases and Illnesses, Field Hockey, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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Medicaid expansion good for Maryland
Thank you for your recent article on a study of Medicaid the New England Journal of Medicine that addressed the role of Medicaid in promoting mental health and protecting families from financial ruin ("Study: Medicaid has mixed record in improving health,...
Tags: Government Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Mental Health
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University of Maryland School of Medicine aims to raise $500 million
The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced this week a $500 million fundraising goal — the Baltimore institution's largest campaign ever. Donors already have given $339 million during the quiet phase of the campaign, dubbed...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Vaccines, National Institutes of Health, Medical Procedures and Tests
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WWE, Susan G. Komen team up for Mother's Day
The successful relationship between WWE and Susan G. Komen will continue, as a special Mother's Day campaign has been launched. “Make Mom Proud” is an awareness campaign to support the fight against breast cancer. The TV and digital...
Tags: Breast Cancer, John Cena, Diseases and Illnesses, Washington, DC, Media Industry
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Hopkins announces $4.5 billion fundraising goal
Johns Hopkins announced Saturday a $4.5 billion fundraising goal — among the largest in the country — to help the university and health system address some of the world's most challenging issues, including water scarcity, education quality and...
Tags: Boston College, Michael Bloomberg, Colleges and Universities, Finance, Health Insurance
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The red herring of human gene patents
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding. — Louis D. Brandeis Just a few words and little thought separate yet another stronghold of the American economy from ruin....
Tags: Biotechnology, Scientific Invention, Herring, Biology, American Civil Liberties Union
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Red meat risks: One more reason to go vegetarian
The new link between meat consumption and heart disease, discovered by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the Cleveland Clinic, is just the latest evidence linking meat consumption to killer diseases that cripple, then kill, 1.3 million Americans annually. Dr. Hazen'...
Tags: University of Oxford, Health and Medical Professionals, Diseases and Illnesses, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Heart Disease
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Medical research technician A.J. Williams working on technique in boxing ring
Anthony "A.J." Williams works in science by day and in the sweet science by night. He's accustomed to the good-natured verbal jabs he takes about his pursuit of a boxing career. "They actually just make jokes about it all day every day," the 26-year-...
Tags: Middleweight Boxing, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Concussion, Cruiserweight Boxing, Fells Point
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Section of brick facade falls off troubled NIH building in Baltimore
A large section of brick facade fell off a National Institutes of Health research facility on the Southeast Baltimore campus of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, reviving concerns about a building that opened two years late because of other problems....
Tags: Substance Abuse, Alzheimer's Disease, Baltimore Development Corporation, Greektown, National Institutes of Health
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Catonsville cancer researcher hopes notoriety will aid search to treat and cure cancer
Last week, Catonsville resident Jason Howard reaped the rewards for his theory on how to treat and cure cancer. Now he and his co-workers are hoping the notoriety will mean a boost for their cause. Howard was awarded $25,000 on April 3 from the Rangos...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Radiation Therapy, Preventative Medicine, Medical Specialization, Human papillomavirus
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Sinai to research new drug to prevent blood clots, heart attacks in stent patients
A Sinai Hospital cardiologist is launching a clinical trial of a type of coronary artery disease drug not yet tested in humans, building on a history at the Baltimore hospital of research to develop more effective treatments to prevent blood clotting....
Tags: Chemotherapy, University of Maryland, College Park, National Institutes of Health, Trials, Health Treatments
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